Sara Carrigan and Mark Stockwell announced as Mayors of Comm Games Village.
Former Olympians Mark Stockwell and Sara Carrigan have been named as the joint Mayors of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games village.
It’s full circle for Mr Stockwell who chaired the successful bid for the Games from 2010 to 2011.
He was sacked from the position and didn’t think he’d have any more to do with the Commonwealth Games.
“I’ve been very watchful and my hope is that we have successful games… I’ve just lost a little bit of bark along the way,” he said.
“I enjoyed my time as chairman of the bid and being the first chairman.
“A lot of the plan we put in place Peter Beattie is delivering on, so from that point of you, it’s very nice.”
The role of Mayors during the games will be making sure the athletes are looked after while they’re at the village.
Ms Carrigan said despite being a true blue Aussie, our team won’t be getting preferential treatment.
“We want to be fair Mayors,” she said.
“Sport is about being fair and making sure there’s a level playing field for all athletes in the village.”
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